Socialism from Below: A History of Anarchism

A short history of Anarchism both as a philosophy and as a movement, written during World War II.

1. The Nature of Modern Society
2. Freedom and Organisation
3. What is Anarchism?
4. Precursors of Anarchism
5. Michael Bakunin and the First International
6. Peter Kropotkin and Anarchist Communism
7. The Growth of the Anarchist Movement
8. Anarcho-Syndicalism
9. Anarchism in America
10. The Russian Revolution and the Makhnovist Movement
11. The Spanish Revolution
12. Epilogue
Appendix

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